Ultrasonic probe attachment, ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic inspection apparatus and ultrasonic inspection method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuo IIJIMA
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Abstract
An attachment for ultrasound probe, an ultrasound probe, an ultrasound inspecting apparatus, and an ultrasound inspecting method are provided. The attachment for ultrasound probe includes an acoustic matching element provided on a transceiver of an ultrasound probe and deformed based on a surface of an inspection target when the ultrasound probe scans the surface of the inspection target; a medium supplier provided near the acoustic matching element and configured to provide a medium between the inspection target and the acoustic matching element, based on the deformation of the acoustic matching element; and a body configured to fix the acoustic matching element and the medium supplier to the ultrasound probe.
Claims24
An attachment for an ultrasound probe, the attachment comprising:
- an acoustic matching element provided on a transceiver of the ultrasound probe and deformed based on a surface of an inspection target when the ultrasound probe scans the surface of the inspection target;
- a medium supplier provided near the acoustic matching element and configured to provide a medium between the inspection target and the acoustic matching element, based on the deformation of the acoustic matching element;
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- a body configured to fix the acoustic matching element and the medium supplier to the ultrasound probe.
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An ultrasound inspecting method comprising:
- fixing an acoustic matching element and a medium supplier onto an ultrasound probe,
- the acoustic matching element being deformed based on a surface of an inspection target when the ultrasound probe scans the surface of the inspection target;
- supplying a medium between the inspection target and the acoustic matching element, based on the deformation of the acoustic matching element, wherein the supplying is performed by the medium supplier;
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- transmitting ultrasound waves to the inspection target and receiving reflected waves of the ultrasound waves from the inspection target, wherein the transmitting and the receiving is performed by the ultrasound probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.